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R. M. ELKINS. RINSING FAUCET. APPLICATION FILED MAILS, 1910.

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Specification of Letters Patent..

Patented Apr. liti, i912.

Application filed March 8, 1910. Serial No. 547,960.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, RANsoM M. ELKINs, a citizen of the United States,`and a resident of Poplar Bluff, in the county of Butler and State of Missouri, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Rinsing-liaucets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvementl in rinsing devices, designed for rinsing various kinds of hollow utensils such as bottles, jugs, tumblers, fruit jars, milk ars or bottles, and the invention has for an object among others to provide a simple,y novel construction of washer, bein so constructed that the rinsing device will not interfere with the normal operation of the faucet proper and the latter may be operated for its usual pur. pose independently of the rinsing device.

The invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts as will be hereinafter described and claimed.`

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view of the apparatus embodying my invention, a portion of the outside washer being broken away and the rinsing valve being shown closed; Fig. 2 is a section similar to Fig. l, the rinsing valve being shown open and the outside washer being omitted; Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the faucet proper, detached from the rinsing devices; Fig. 4L is a side view of the bottle washer; Fig. 5 is a perspective view illustrating the bottle washer nozzle, together with the valve plug and the coupling collar; Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the nozzle tube for tumblers; Fig. 7 is a side view partly broken away and partly in section, illustrating the outside washer; and Fig. 8 is a sectional View showing the faucet with a wire cloth thimble designed to break they force of the water and prevent splashing when the apparat-us is used in connection with soda. fountains, bars and drink stands.

An important feature of my invention is that the improvement may be attached to a water supply' and the rinsing device may be used whenever desired without dispensing with the convenience aforded by the water supply in connection with the faucet. In doing this, a special form of bib faucet in order that the latter may not be interfered with in its movement by devices forming a part o the rinsing attachment, as otherwise the rinsing attachment would interfere with I Yfind itnecessary to employr the operation of the bib faucet and the latter would interfere with the operation of the rinsing device, all of which will more` fully appear hereafter.

In carrying out the invention, I form the rinsing device witha casing A which may be connected at B with the water supply system and has the main chamber A provided at its upper end with a valve seat. A2 for the rinsing plug valve C, and the bottom of said chamber is formed with a movable plug D threaded in place so it can be conveniently moved when desired, and having in its upper end a socket D for the depending stem C of the valve C. The valve C is litted to its seat A2, the latter made in the form of a socket as shown in Figs. l and 2 sov that the valve C when seated therein fills the socket and seats at`both its upper end and at its sides, and a spring E between the plug valve C and t-he plug D presses the .valve C normally to closed position as shown in Fig. 1. The valve C has the upwardly projecting valve tube C2 formed integrallywith it and is provided adjacent to the valve C with openings C3 through which the water may be circulated, as shown in Fig. 2, when the valve C is open. At its upper endthe tube C2 has a reduced portion C* and immediately below the same is provided with eXternal threads C5 to receive the coupling collar F, which screws on the threads C5 and projects above the shoulder Cs formed at the base of the reduced portion C4 so that the lower end of the nozzle tube G which tits on the reduced portion CJl may screw into the coupling collar F at the upper'side of the latter.

The collar F may preferably be formed as best shown in Fig- 5 so that it will form a stop for a bottle when placed thereon as shown in Fig. 4 and yet will adord passages for the escape of water alongside of the arms F of the collar. By this construction, it will be noticed, the parts'may easily be assembled by inserting the valve C with the spring E on its stem C up through the open bottom end of the casing A and applying the plug l) yto secure the said parts, after which the coupling collar and the rinsing nozzle may be applied as shown in Fig. 2.

The nozzle tube G shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 6 has at its upper end a flared nozzle G whose top plate G2 is perforated for the discharge of water, and short projecting lugs (it3 project above the top plate G2 to form a bearing for the tumbler and permit the discharge of water into the tumbler, as best outside thereof I provide a washing tube H,

.preferably in the form of a iiattened ring connected with the inside nozzle and adapted to encircle a tumbler fitted on said tube as shown in Fig. 7 and having on its inner side at its upper, portion, 'openings at H2 for discharging water upon the glass. This outside ring washer has at its top aknob II3 which may be grasped in depressing the device after a tumbler has been placed on the nozzle tube G as shown in Fig. 7. v

The described devices are adapted for. use in washing tumblers or other vessels whose necks can be conveniently entered by the nozzle G', and I may preferably employ in connectionA with the inside nozzle tube the y outside ring tube H as illustrated in Figs.

l and 7, or, if desired, in some cases the outside ring tube may be omitted as illustrated in Fig. 2, but it will be noticed that in bothof said constructions the operation of the rinsing 'device in no way interferes with the o eration of the bib valve, more fully described hereinafter.

For use in rinsing bottles, as shown in Fig. 4 or other vessels having comparatively contracted necks, I may use the special form of nozzle tube I shown in Figs. 4 and 5, with the nozzle I adapted to discharge water to wash the interior of the bottle. v

The faucet J is threaded at J to screw into the casing A, and has at the end of its threaded portion a valve seat J2 for the semi-spherical valve K carried on the stem L arranged for operation by the handle Il', y

as will be understood from Figs. 1, 3 and 4 of the drawings. Manifestly, the arrangement of the valve-operating device may be varied, and that shown in Fig. 8 may be employed if desired.

The valve is formed with the concavoconvex body porton J and the brass cap M forming a reinforce for the Arubber or other suitable concavo-convex body, and having a' depression M at its center to receive the head of the securing screw N, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 8 of the drawing. By this construction I provide a bib valve; whose end next the rinsing device is flattened so .that the bib valve may be opened to its fullest extent without interfering'with the construction in any way or with the operation of the rinsing devices or vice versa,

In Fig. 8 I show a wire cloth thimble N, the purpose of which is to break the force of the water and prevent splashing when the device is used with soda fountains, bars and drink stands. Y

I claim: l

The combination in a rinsing apparatus of a valve tube, a collar applied to said tube and adapted to .coperate 1n connecting nozzle tubes therewith, the said ycollar being adapted to form a stop for a bottle when placed thereon and having cut away portions in its sides forming passages for the escape of water from a `bottle placed against said collar, and a nozzle tube in connection with said collar and valve tube, substantially as set forth.

l RANSOM M. ELKINS. Witnesses:

J. R. I-IoGG, WM. S. WELSH. 

